Dividends per share: This is expressed as
total dividends a company pays its shareholders divided by the number of its outstanding shares.
The total dividends a company pays may not be relevant to the shareholders but to the paying company.
But as an investor, your focus should not be on
the total dividends a company declares.
Not exact matches
Dividends, the share of their revenues that
companies pay to their shareholders, are a big deal: Over the past century, they've accounted for roughly half of
total returns earned by stock investors.
The
companies paid out $ 77.5 billion (42.1 %) in
Total Tax Contribution (TTC), royalties and other fees to the government — ahead of employee payroll (28.3 %) and
dividends to shareholders and business reinvestment (28.3 %).
Holding
company liquidity is the
total funds available at the holding
company level to fund general corporate purposes, primarily the payment of shareholder
dividends and debt service.
In
total, the S&P 500
companies pay around half of their
total profits in
dividends, and invest the other half to boost earnings.
That, combined with the demand for income from investors and the fact that
companies have so much cash saved up, makes Iyer believe that over the next few years
dividends will once again make up a significant part of the market's
total return.
Total return to investors includes both price appreciation and
dividend yield to an investor in the
company's stock.
For example, the issuer might want to make token holders entitled to corporate
dividends and voting rights, or make the
company's
total ownership stock denominated in tokens.
It's actually significantly more risky compared to index investing, because
dividend companies are a much smaller share of the
total global economy compared to the broader indices.
Since the
company declared
total dividends of $ 1.08 per share for the year, it achieved a payout ratio of 89.3 %, leaving a margin of safety.
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«In March 2012, the
company announced a quarterly
dividend and share repurchase program
totaling $ 45 billion.
The El Dorado, Arkansas - based
company also said its board authorized a special
dividend of $ 2.50 per share for a
total payout of about $ 500 million, and a common stock buyback program of up to $ 1 billion.
We computed a
company's
total shareholder return (including
dividends reinvested) for the CEO's tenure.
Although this increase is not a huge increase, there are
companies who are raising their
dividends significantly (see post on BHP Billiton's increase), so overall I should receive
total increases that beat inflation.
A Reuters analysis of 3,300 non-financial
companies found that together, buybacks and
dividends have surpassed
total capital expenditures and are more than double research and development spending.
In addition to EPS, there is
total shareholder return, which typically comprises a
company's share price appreciation plus
dividends over time.
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Dividends Twice
Throw in the most recent year's $ 365 billion in
dividends, and the
total amount returned to shareholders reaches $ 885 billion, more than the
companies» combined net income of $ 847 billion.
Last year the
company's full year
dividend totalled 72.5 cents.
The
company has an expected
total return of 13 % to 15 % a year from
dividends (5 %) and earnings - per - share growth (8 % to 10 %).
Shares of fast - growing
companies offer a higher
total return with only a little more volatility and you can create a
dividend anytime you need it.
While the position had generated positive
total returns,
dividend growth has stalled in recent years and the
company is facing secular headwinds related to their core business.
The
company's
dividend growth streak of eight consecutive years appears to be just warming up, with a payout ratio of 29.5 % all but guaranteeing strong future
dividend increases (which should drive some of that near - term and long - term
total return).
However, what if the
dividends were collected among all the investments in a portfolio and reinvested in those
companies whose share price is transiently lower to maximize the
total return?
If a
company has proven that it can average a high return on
total capital within the majority of its business operations (averaging, say, 15 % + per year for many years) then the
company can reinvest what would be
dividends, and thus save the shareholder tax.
David Fish's definition is «Once the overdue situation reached the point of a
company paying the same
total dividends in back - to - back years, it was considered a «freeze,» requiring deletion from the CCC listing.»
If someone handed me $ 10,000,000 with the imperative to construct a portfolio that will, comprehensively, make money in all environments, increase wealth by at least 5 % in excess of the rate of inflation over the long term, and do it in a way that the
total dividends paid out would be greater each year, these are the
companies I would choose.
Many people don't know it, but tech
companies account for nearly 15 % of
total dividend payouts for the S&P 500 Index.
Thanks TOL, that's right as long as these
companies keep paying
dividends the
total income is just going to grow.
The
company will pay a 8 cents per share final
dividend, taking the
total dividend for the 2016 financial year to 17.5 cents.
In
total we have received $ 0.99 in
dividends and last night the
company declared another $ 1, including a $ 0.60 special
dividend.
Instead of paying out most of its annual cash flows in the form of a
dividend, the
company only hopes to grow the
dividend, which currently stands at a 5.6 % yield, 5 % -9 % per year with
total returns coming in at 12 % to 15 % annually.
Total return includes the effect of
dividends, which are cash payments
companies make directly to investors, typically quarterly.
It is the amount of
dividends paid to shareholders relative to the
total net income of a
company.
I accumulate cash
dividends from all
companies in the DGP, and when the
total gets up to $ 1000, I select a
company and invest in it.
Perhaps the best - known «price - neutral» strategy is fundamental weighting, which is based on a
company's
dividends, free cash flow,
total sales and book value.
In 2014, the size of the
total dividend pool for
companies in the S&P China A BMI was USD 70 billion, nearly triple the size of the
dividend pool in 2009.
The evidence can be found in Table 4, which shows the
total of stock repurchases versus
dividend payouts for
companies in the S&P 500 in recent years.
If the
company grows earnings - per - share at its expected 5 % to 8 % a year growth rate, investors will have
total returns of between 8 % and 11 % a year from
dividends (3 %) and earnings - per - share growth (5 % to 8 %).
«
Total stock» funds invest in a combination of small, mid-size, and large
companies with varying degrees of value (meaning they focus on paying
dividends) and growth (meaning they focus on increasing the price of their stock).
They assign each
company a weight based on four factors:
total sales, book value, cash flow and
dividends.
Conservatively, the
Company appears to produce $ 25 - $ 35 million of run - rate EBITDA, require approximately $ 9 million in maintenance capital expenditures and have $ 4 - $ 8 million of taxes, interest and preferred
dividends in
total, leaving $ 12 - $ 18 million of positive free cash flow annually with which to further invest in the business and / or amortize debt.
Investors in Sysco can expect
total returns of around 7 % to 10 % a year from the
company from
dividends (~ 3 %) and earnings - per - share growth (4 % to 7 %).
In
total we have received $ 0.99 in
dividends and last night the
company declared another $ 1, including a $ 0.60 special
dividend.
Hormel has the potential to generate 12 % long - term annual
total returns (2 %
dividend yield + 10 % annual earnings growth) if the future plays out as management expects, which would be a very solid return for such a quality
company and a true
dividend growth king.
These
companies pay
dividends out of their profits quarterly, which acts to reduce their average surpluses as a percentage of their
total assets and liabilities.
Many people don't know it, but tech
companies account for nearly 15 % of
total dividend payouts for the S&P 500 Index.